Adjustable sheet-metal door.



E. D. FITZPATRICK.

ADJUSTABLE SHEET METAL DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 1914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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E. D. HTZPATRICK.

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A JUs'raDLE SHEET-METAL DOOR.

Application w my i4, 1914. Serial No. 850,922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. FrrzrA'r- RICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Marinette, in the county of 'Marinette and State of Wisconsin, have invented cermin new and useful Improvements in Ad'- justable Sheet-Metal Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adjustable sheet metal doors, and it is particularly intended for use with panels of Wire gauze as a screen door, although any sort of panels may ob viously be secured to it. I

The object of this invention is the production of a door having its outer stile and its upper and bottom rails provided with adjustable members, thus enabling the invention to be altered conveniently to fit door frames of different sizes.

The various parts of this invention have special construction and arrangement with respect one to another, and they are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 represents a broadside view of this invention with all parts assembled. Fig. 2 is a side view of the upper left hand corner, shown partly in Vertical section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the adjustable stile on the broken line 0am of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the upper left hand corner of the door. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of one of the intermediate rails on the broken line 1 1 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a crosssection of the other stile on the broken line 2-2 of Fig. 1. In Figs. 2 to 6, inclusively, the scale of drawing is increased to render the disclosure clearer.

Throughout the description and drawing the same letter is employed to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, the vertical stiles A and 0;, are joined by the top and bottom rails B and b, and by the intermediate rails C and c. The stile aand' the intermediate rails are tubes of relatively light sheet metal and have the cross-sections shown in Figs. 6 and 5.

The outer stile A comprises two U-shaped members, of which the member D is movable. The members are arranged lengthwise together, with the movable member D fitting into the other member The members are hollow, sheet metal pieces, and the open side of the member D is placed within the open side ofthe member A, and the Specifleatioiiof Letters Patent.

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a, and the movable member of the rail B is marked d,.while the movable member of the rail Z) is referred to by the letter E.

The stile A, and the upper and bottom rails B and b, are provided with adjusting devices consisting, as usually constructed, of bolts F and f. In Fig. 1, and Fig. 2, the bolt F is shown engaging the two hard wood blocks G and The block G is pinned to the movable member D, and the block 0 is secured to the bodv of the stile A. By turning the bolts F. f, the movable members of the stile and rails are adjusted parallel with the other members engaging them.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the movable member d of the top rail B. has an extens1on piece H, which may be secured in clifferent positions by the bolts h. A like extension piece J, provided with the bolt 7' is carried by the movable member D of the stile A. All the extension pieces are alike, and, advantageously interchangeable. Near their ends, the stile A, and the top and bot- A slot It; is formed through the bottom of the depression K. The depression K of the movable member D fits movably within a groove L extending lengthwise in the extension piece J. The extension pieces are of U-shaped cross-sec ion, as shown in Fig. 4. The bolt 7' passes in ."ardly through the slot 7:: and engages the hard 'wood block M that fits within the extension piece.

As best shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the stiles and rails have near their inner edges the grooves N of dove-tail cross-section. and those grooves serve to receive and hold the wooden strip at that are arranged to take nails or screws driven into them from the exterior, through cap strips 0 to secure the screen P.

Occasionally, after adjustment for width and for length, it is desirable to fasten the parts together against displacement, and that is conveniently done by driving the screws Q through the two members of the stile or rail, into a block internally placed as illustrated in Fig. 3.

In explaning the operation of this invention, let it be assumed that the parts are arranged in the positions shown in the drawings, which represent this invention extended to about its widest and longest condition. By loosening the bolts 12. and j, and tapping gently upon their exposed heads with any tool, the extension pieces H and J may be moved in either direction with respect to the members d and D to which they are connected. To make the door narrower, the extension piece H would be driven a little to the right, and the piece J slightly downwardly. Next, by means of the adjusting bolts F, f, the member D is drawn in toward the right, while the member d is drawn downwardly and the member E upwardly. The door having now been suliiciently narrowed and shortened, the extension pieces are properly adjusted, the piece H covering the piece J, and the piece 6 being also exterior at the lower corner of the door, thus filling out the corners. It will be noted that while this invention is constructed of hollow sheet metal parts, those parts are closed exteriorly, and there is no entrance for dirt and grease to form breeding places for vermm.

IVhile the corner adjusting and filling def vices illustrated and described herein are simple and cheap in construction, I do not confine my invention strictly to that construction, which may he obviously modified by any one capable in this line of manufacture.

It is believed to be clear from the drawings, and from the foregoing explanation of the formation of the parts and their operation that, when desired, the door may be made narrower without altering its length, or, the length may be changed without modifying the width. In either case, the cornersare filled out by the extension pieces, which are clamped securely in their adjusted positions by setting up the screws 72. and into the blocks engaging them within the stile or rails.

Having now described this invention, andexplained the mode of its operation, what I claim is z '1. In an adjustable sheet metal door, the combination with a stile and top and bottom rails each comprising two hollow U-shaped members one member being fixed and the other movable, the said members being arranged lengthwise together one within the other, the movable members being movable laterally parallel with the fixed members to alter the width .of the stile or rail, of extensible means for securing the members together, and corner-filling means comprising said movable members of the stile and rails separable members adj ustably secured to the and movable lengthwise with respect to the stile and rails, the said separable members being arranged to meet and fill out the corners of the door.

2. In an adjustable sheet metal door, the combination with a stile and top and bottom rails each comprising two hollow U- shaped members one member being fixed and the other movable, the said members being arranged lengthwise together the movable member within the other, the movable mem. bers being movable laterally parallel with the fixed members to alter width of the stile or rails, of extensible means for securing the members together, and corner-filling means comprising separable members adjustably secured within the said movable members of the stile and rails and movable lengthwise with respect to the stile and rails, the said separablemembers being arranged to meet and fill out the corners of the door. I

3. In an adjustable sheet metal door, the combination with a stile and top and bottom rails each comprising two hollow U-shaped members one member being fixed and the other movable, the said members being arranged lengthwise together one within the other, the movable members being movable laterally parallel with the fixed members to alter the width of the stile or rails, of extensible means for securing the members together, and corner-filling means comprising separable hollow U-shaped extension pieces arranged at the ends of the said stile and rails and being adjustable lengthwise upon the said movable members thereof, the said extension pieces being arranged to meet and (clonstructed to fill out the corners of the cor.

4. In an adjustable sheet metal door, a stile and top and bottom rails having portions laterally movable to alter the size of the door, means for securing the said mov- 'able portions in different positions, and corner-filling means comprising adjustable members separable one from another, one of the said separable members being secured to the end of the movable portion of the stile, and another of the said separable members being secured to the adjacent end of the movable portion ofv a rail, the said separable members being movable into contact with each other and constructed to fill out the corner of the door.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD D. FITZPATRIC iK.

Witnesses:

G. J. REINKE, D. J. Nononnno. 

